FREE WAYS to Generate Web Traffic for Small Business Websites
Over the past five years through tracking the statistics of users, I have found that these methods work best in generating new traffic to a website. This will take some research, work, and networking on your part, but it's a free and an extremely effective way that works. Once you implement this strategy on a consistent basis, you will literally experience the payoffs, AND actually start looking forward to it and having FUN!
Take advantage of ONLINE FORUMS / ONLINE COMMUNITIES. With online communities and forums you can build a reputation for your company. You can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can find out what type of information people are looking for, and then put that information on your website!
Another great traffic generating idea is TRADING LINKS WITH HIGH RANKING WEBSITES. You don't have to spend a cent. Ask other companies that you work with if you can add your website link onto their website, and in turn, you will add their link onto yours. Vendors that you use regularly will be appreciative and certainly agree that it's a win/win situation. This is called networking on the Internet, and it can greatly increase your website traffic. With exchanging links, the efforts both parties do will benefit both sites. Every traffic that goes to the site could potentially click on the link of your site and visit your site as well. This works well especially when both sites feature the same niche.
WRITE INFORMATIVE UP-TO- DATE CONTENT How many times do you go to a website looking for specific information and the content is from 2003!!! If your healthcare provider didn't update their website with current, accurate, up-to-date content, wouldn't YOU be a bit miffed?? Same goes for your website. Make content for your site that is entertaining as well as informational. Creative writing isn't available from a web site designer at any price. If they were creative writers they wouldn't be doing web site design. All of these methods and more will drive more free traffic to your business. All it takes is a bit of effort and some hours. Learn all you can about the methods outlined here and you will soon have a website bustling with a great web site traffic flow without the usual costs that come with it. You might even get an email or phone call from a user asking when your content is going to be UPDATED! More Reading About SEO can be found on my blog at lisa-random.blogspot.com under the label development.